The industry that Mr Clinton so reviles is now responsible not only for looking after the health care of countless uninsured Americans, but also, implicitly, for imposing and collecting the "tax" needed to pay for all this: American cigarette prices will rise by around 25%.That price increase, which will deter teenage smokers, looks like a sensible tax and health policy.
The human instinct for gambling is being recognized by governments not only as an eternal frailty of mortal man but as a means for imposing taxes which nobody has the courage to grumble about".
Everybody agrees that sport utility vehicles are hazardous to those riding in cars, but Robert Frank's suggestion for imposing a weight tax on these truck-like vehicles is not the answer ("Feeling Crash-Resistant in an S.U.V.," Op-Ed, May 16).
It said it saw many bright spots in the American economy, including the strength of the private sector, but it criticized Washington for imposing too much austerity, too soon, and thus sapping strength from the recovery and preventing the unemployment rate from coming down faster.
But manager Poyet took responsibility for imposing his style on his players, and vowed never to resort to the long-ball game.
A new tax, like a value-added tax or a carbon tax, could help make up for the revenue losses — but there is no justification for imposing new taxes just to cut taxes on corporations.
(Interestingly, the Iranian revolution of 1979 was one time when this resentment was expressed openly. The Shah was accused of supporting America, but America was also attacked for imposing an impious and tyrannical leader as its puppet).
But the party's stomach for imposing heavier direct taxes on large sections of the electorate has gone.Its line on public services long criticised as mere demands for higher spending, and uncosted ones at that is also starting to embrace market reforms.
But there is no conceivable justification for imposing such edicts on hospitals it no longer owns.
No official reason was given for it, but then Moscow rarely gives reasons for imposing sanctions on other states.
